Each Monday during the football season, members of the PennLive prep football coverage team will pass out three game balls to deserving gridiron athletes. So without further ado....

1 Robert Shelly, RB-DE, Northern: Coming off a 3-7 season, including three straight losses to close out the year, Northern was hoping for a fast start. Second-year skipper Garrett Mowery got it, thanks in part to the work of Shelly and his offensive helpers up front.

What caught our attention was the lead QB Josh Stoneberg and Susquehannock drummed up Friday night in Dillsburg. Northern didn't panic down 14-0 in the first quarter. Instead, the Polar Bears stuck with Shelly and the run game and slammed right back into the lead. Of Northern's 303 rushing yards, Shelly accounted for 153 stripes on just 18 attempts. And his 1-yard plunge kickstarted 34 straight points for the hosts to put Susquehannock away 48-28.

2 Glenn Jackson, RB-LB, Carlisle: The truth is we could have pegged about a half-dozen members of the Thundering Herd to put in this spot. QB Billy Burger became our Week 1 Superstar via a frantic two days of voting by PennLive readers. RB Tyler Greene posted three scores.

But we picked Jackson because of his stellar play on both sides of the football. Even though up-tempo Mechanicsburg managed 438 yards of offense, Jackson & Co. came up with big stops in key intervals. Plus, the versatile Jackson caught seven passes for 119 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown that sealed the Wildcats' fate with 5:32 left.

3 Bryton Fegley, RB-LB, East Pennsboro: Fegley, a hard-running 5-9, 205-pounder, went ballistic against Palmyra, which also packed away an early lead before faltering down the stretch. Fegley's 239 rushing yards and four touchdowns surely went a long way in landing East Pennsboro's 34-13 triumph.

Much like Northern's Shelly against Susquehannock, East Pennsboro turned to its workhorse to counter an early pair of Mitchell Cooper touchdown receptions. Fegley carried the rock 35 times and posted three of his four scores in the tell-tale second quarter. The junior scored on TD runs of 16, 8, 9 and 1 yards.